#38D1B6#38D1B6

#38D1B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.130 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D1B6
RGB	rgb(56, 209, 182)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 12.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -45.40, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 45.45, 177.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.1302 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.13 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8706, 49.8152, 52.1298)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D1B6 #D13853

analogous

#38D16A #38D1B6 #389FD1

triadic

#38D1B6 #B638D1 #D1B638

tetradic

#38D1B6 #6A38D1 #D13853 #9FD138

square

#38D1B6 #6A38D1 #D13853 #9FD138

split-complementary

#38D1B6 #D1389F #D16A38

monochromatic

#1B7464 #26A68F #38D1B6 #6ADCC8 #9BE8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#38D1B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#38D1B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D1B6

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D1B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D1B6	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d1b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.130 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e0cb',
    500: '#38d1b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d1b6;
$custom-light: #85e0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d1b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77635,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D1B6

secondary

#D4919D

accent

#425FE6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D1B6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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